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Statistical Capacity Building Activities Relative to the SPECA

Countries

Fifth meeting of the SPECA PWG on statistics8 June 2010Paris, France

UNECE Statistical Division

June 2010 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2

Capacity Building Projects

Millennium Development Goals -based strategies 2009-2011 Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals 2010-2011 Dealing with international migration 2010-2011 Eradicating violence against women 2008-2011 Engendering National Statistical Systems 2006-2010 Population and housing censuses 2010-2011 New Challenges in Economic Statistics 2009-2011 Environmental Sustainability 2010-2013 Dissemination and communication of key statistics 2010-2013 IT in population census 2010 – 2011


Supporting Strategies Based on MDG through Integrated Regional Action, 2009 - 2010

Background: Only partial coverage of UNECE region’s development concerns by the global framework of MDG monitoring

Objective: To improve the quality and increase the scope of monitoring MDGs

Jointly with UNESCAP, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNDESA. Funded by the UN Development Account

Expected results:• Better informed and trained data producers • Improved quality and coverage of development data• Regional MDG database

Main activities in UNECE region: expert group meeting, workshop, data collection

Lessons learned: • NSOs are insufficiently informed of the MDG monitoring framework • NSOs highly appreciate methodological guidance on monitoring MDGs

Next: workshop on MDG indicators


Strengthening Capacities for MDG Monitoring, 2010- 2011

Background: Insufficient quality of data for monitoring MDGs Objective: To improve the quality and comparability of MDG data and

enable better monitoring of MDGs through inter-regional knowledge exchange

Jointly with the other UN Regional Commissions, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA. Funded by the UN Development Account

Expected results:• Improved understanding of quality issues & improved quality of data on MDGs• Better informed and trained data producers • Regional MDG database

Main activities: Inter-regional expert group meeting, one regional workshop, advisory missions, study visits, data collection, on-line platform for knowledge exchange

Lessons learned: • NSOs are insufficiently informed of the MDG monitoring framework • NSOs highly appreciate methodological guidance on monitoring MDGs

Next: Inter-regional expert group meeting, Geneva, 5-7 Oct 2010


Dealing with International Migration 2010-2011

Background: Increasing importance and policy implications of migration Objective in the UNECE Region, focusing on CIS:

• Improve availability and quality of international migration statistics• Promote use of migration statistics for analysis and policymaking

Jointly with the other UN Regional Commissions and UNDESA, Funded by the UN Development Account

Expected results:• Assessment of gaps between statistical standards and available data • Proposal on practical steps to improve quality and availability of migration

statistics • Dialogue between producers and users at national and international levels

Main activities in UNECE region: Two regional workshops, preparation of a practical toolkit

Lessons learned: General interest in bilateral and multilateral data exchange (outcome of the first workshop, Bishkek, Feb 2010)

Next: Second workshop, Istanbul, Dec 2010


Engendering National Statistical Systems 2006-2010

Background: Need to improve quality and availability of gender statistics in CIS and South-eastern Europe

Objective: To support national statistical offices in improving quality, availability, analysis, dissemination and use of gender statistics

Carried out by UNECE. Funded by the World Bank Institute Results achieved:

• Users and producers of gender statistics trained• New or improved surveys designed and implemented

Main activities: • Regional, sub-regional and national workshops• Manual on gender statistics• Multimedia presentations

Lessons learned: • Involve both users and producers of gender statistics in workshops • Engage participants in running the workshops • Customize trainings to the specific country needs

Next: Sub-regional workshop on gender statistics, Georgia, Sep 2010


Enhancing Capacities to Eradicate Violence against Women, 2008-2011

Background: Need to measure violence against women regularly, and to design policies to eradicate violence and services for the affected women

Objective: To strengthen capacity to prevent, sanction and eradicate violence against women through the use of enhanced statistical data and knowledge-sharing

Jointly with the other UN Regional Commissions and UNDESA. Funded by the UN Development Account

Expected results:• Improved capacity of national statistical offices to collect and analyze data on

violence against women • Increased knowledge-sharing among stakeholders to promote policies to

eradicate violence against women Main activities in UNECE region: development and testing of a survey

questionnaire, sub-regional workshops, expert group meetings Next: testing of the questionnaire; expert group meeting Nov 2010


Population and Housing Censuses2010

Background: Need to strengthen the capacity to collect, analyze and communicate data of population and housing censuses in Caucasus and Central Asia

Objective:• Increase the knowledge of experts in various aspects of census-

taking and communicating of results. Carried out by UNECE. Funded by UNFPA Expected results:

• Improved communication of census results• Improved implementation of CES Recommendations on Population

and Housing Censuses Main activities:

• Training workshop on Dissemination of Census Results, Geneva, 5-6 July 2010

• Joint UNECE/Eurostat Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses, Geneva 7-9 July 2010


New Challenges in Short-Term Economic Statistics (STS) 2010 – 2011

Background: High importance of timely and comparable economic statistics, survey of seasonal adjustment and STS revealed training needs

Objective: to improve methodology of short-term economic statistics and learn seasonal adjustment in practice

Jointly with OECD/(ECB), funded by the World Bank Expected accomplishments:

• Improved methods of short-term statistics • Practical knowledge on price indices• Kick start for seasonal adjustment • Shared problem solving

Main activities include three workshops on short-term statistics, seasonal adjustment and consumer price indices

First workshop will take place in Astana, in 2010


Assess progress in achieving the MDGs on Environmental Sustainability, 2010-2013

Background: Global crisis showed the need for early-warning mechanism as taken up by the Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System (GIVAS)

Objective: To strengthen the capacity to produce and disseminate environmental statistical data to identify environmental vulnerabilities, measure sustainable development and support effective policy making

Jointly with UN DESA and funded by UN Development Account Expected results:

• Production of environmental statistical data to monitor progress towards MDG7• Implementation of international statistical methods and standards • Increased awareness about the need for measuring sustainability

Main activities: • Inventory of sustainability and environmental vulnerability indicators• Training materials on developing indicators• Expert group meeting• 2 training workshops for NSOs and representatives of government agencies


Dissemination and communication of key statistics 2010-2013

Background: Lack of effective dissemination tools hampers availability of data on Millennium Development Goals

Objective: To improve accessibility of policy relevant data for users Jointly with UN DESA and the other regional commissions, funded by UN

Development Account Expected results:

• Improved accessibility of national data by strengthened dissemination• Improved accessibility of national and UN data by enhancing the data portal

Main activities: • Training materials based on study of best practices in dissemination• Expert group meeting to review the training material• 1 training workshop in UNECE region for NSOs to develop online

communication, data visualization and producer-user relations • Develop a prototype of national database of key indicators with a country• Study tours


Possible Future Activities

Implementation of the 2008 SNA in national accounts and basic statistics

Modernising statistical production process

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